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| | Born on Feb. 8, 1872 in Stockton, CA. Thorndike studied art in San Francisco, Paris and NYC. He began his career with the San Francisco Chronicle in 1890 and worked on the New York Herald and Baltimore Sun until 1915 when he returned to California. Best known as a political cartoonist, he was active in Los Angeles from 1928 until his death there on March 18, 1940. Exh: Cartoonist Club (LA), 1928. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); American Art Annual 1913; NY Times, 3-20-1940 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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